Congress outraged over Navy Yard shooting

[Scuba]

[Aerows]

1. If we don't vote every single one of these idiots in Congress out

in 2014 - and I mean Democratic right along with Republican to replace them with some people that actually recognize and do the will of the People that elected them, we deserve what we get in our Representative Government.

[merrily]

4. Bob Shieffer (sp?) has been trying to sell that idea. He says

it will show Congress what America thinks of them.

It may, but I don't think it is likely to happen.

Supposedly, voters hate the House, but love their own rep.

That is true of me. My rep is one of few people in D.C. for whom I have any respect whatever. He's not perfect, but I don't think anyone bought him, either.

[Aerows]

5. I detest mine

and I will fight to get him out of the House every step of the way.

[merrily]

6. Good for you. If you detest him, that is what you should do, if you think it has a

shot at working.

Before re-districting, I was almost in love with my rep. He voted against the Patriot Act, the Iraq War, etc.
In fact, every time I was motivated to look at yeas and nays, I'd see he voted exactly as I hoped.

After re-districting, I got a rep who voted for the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq, but he seems to be very pro-worker. And I do think he votes his conscience, as opposed to voting per some lobbyist's wallet. So, I am lucky, I guess.

[Aerows]

7. Mine is a lunatic teabagger

He's voted for every "pro-life", defund everything but the military measure there is. Thankfully, I think everyone else sees that he's an idiot, too!

[merrily]

8. Sorry to hear that.

I don't usually like to correct anyone's wording, but, in this case, I do feel constrained to say that "lunatic Teabagger" is redundant. Given that all Teabaggers are lunatics, "lunatic Teabagger" is just repetitive.

(In case it is not obvious, the above is not a serious English usage comment, just a mild attempt at humor at the expense of Teabaggers.)

[Aerows]

9. Mine is nutty enough

that emphasis was needed

[merrily]

11. Well, it is said that every rule has its exceptions!

[Aerows]

13. LOL! n/t

[Quasimodem]

16. What you seem to be saying by using lunatic Teabagger is ...

... even if the benchmarks could be moved so that the average Teabagger appeared sane, your congresscritter would still be nuttier than squirrel doodoo.

[Aerows]

18. I don't think there is a benchmark

for the crazy my representative displays. I'm in MS. I think that should clarify it all. But 4th district, MS if you were curious.

[Sheepshank]

20. Well....my state dude is an imbecilic, ass wipe teabagger---Mike Lee

I personally think he is another walking redundancy

[Aristus]

2. Hell yes.

And then they'll ban combat fatigues and violent video games. Hell, they'll ban the fucking NAVY before they ban guns.

Well done, assholes!

[Aerows]

3. It's safer for them

Who gives a shit about We the People that don't have armed security. They are just afraid to do any damn thing to stem the tide of violence because their political careers are far more precious than a normal person's life.

[davidn3600]

10. What exactly do you want them to do?

We have a 2nd amendment. The Supreme Court says owning a gun is an individual right.

This isn't about just passing a law. You would need to change the constitution in order for there to be effective gun control. And you just simply are never going to get enough of majority to do that. People don't trust the government.

I dont know what else to say....it is what it is. The amendment is no doubt out of date. But we are a nation of laws. And you would have to change it through the amendment process to make it up to date. And people are never going to agree to give up their guns. Not only would politicians that favor this lose the vote, but would defeated in the next election.

[Aerows]

12. We shouldn't do a damn thing

We shouldn't discuss it, we shouldn't change our policies, we should just accept the status quo and enjoy it.

Because, obviously, that is the best way to accomplish things.

[tosh]

14. Aerows...

[Metro135]

19. The 2nd amendment also says

"well-regulated." Nobody wants people to give up their guns. What 80% of people who have been polled want are background checks to keep guns out of the hands of potentially violent, mentally ill people. And it will never work unless it's enacted on a national scale.

People who scoff and say, "Well, DC has draconian gun laws and they didn't stop the shooting" are myopic. (I'm not saying you said that, but I've read it elsewhere.) Of course it didn't, and it never will if anyone can buy a gun in Iowa or Virginia and then waltz into DC with it.

[Quasimodem]

17. Hang On.

Eventually it will become so egregious that even the most benighted Teabagger moran can see the problem, and once their less stable members start taking pot shots at the the politicos, instead of random civilians, gun control will become an issue whose time has come.

[joeybee12]

15. Sad but true...knr

[cui bono]

21. Fugelsang is great. n/t